Full Sail Keelhauler

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Scottish Ale
Hood River, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint, Thistle

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Full Sail Brewing Company--Keelhauler Scottish Ale--Brewmaster Reserve 2009--22 oz. Bottle--6.80% ABV--45 IBU’s. (4.75 / 5.0) Scottish Ale-- Dense rich lacy off white tan head. Clear dark bronze red brown color. Mild peat hint toasted mild cocao floral hop malt front. Dry sweet malty toasted caramel robust crusty earthy Scottish body. Dry mild citrus hoppy spicy Scottish end. Sampled 4/1/2009. $4.99 Each.

Thick lasting head on dark copper. Attractive very dark ambe in the sun. Rich malty nose, earthy and woody. Earthy flavour with strong hops adding spice. Very good tasty malt beer.

May 2010: 22 Fl oz bottle drank at our B&B in Springdale, Utah after a day walking in Zion National park. The beer was purchased at a Lee’s Discount Store in Vegas and transported to Utah for reviewing at leasure. Poured into two stemmed goblets the beer looked a picture. Deep amber body, off-white, creamy foaming head, which left some good solid lacing as the beer sank down the goblets. Malty biscuits/molasses/toffee and a hint of smoked peat were the smalls I picked up. The sweetness from the aroma was evident in the first sip, but a hop bite and bitterness soon came along to remind you this wasn’t a childs drink. I thought it gave off a richness and warmth which helped my aching bones to recover for the next days hiking.

A sweet light malty aroma. Nice brown color. This is pretty light up front. The flavor is nice but a bit alcoholic in the finish. Good but not great.

I got this on tap at the Hood River Tasting Room and Pub. It came in the pint glass a very dark copper color with a foamy off-white head. Very strong nose of roasted malts and ripe fruits that tantalizes. Rich creamy body. Flavor is smoky, with some coffee and pine hops. Very dry bitter finish A very nice Scottish Ale I will have to look for this in bottles.

Bomber pours clear dark ruby amber with thin tan head. The aroma offers up loads of prunes, cherries and red apples as well as some caramel, spicy yeastiness and Belgian candy sugar. The taste is similar with plenty of cherries, prunes and ripe red apples. These notes are tempered by caramel malts, some malt roastiness, chocolate malts and some biscuit. I also get a mix of earthy hops and a touch of spicy hops that help round out the experience. This is complex and bold in flavor. If there was a touch less in the ester department and a bit more integration this would be truly dynamite.

Bomber bottle. Poured a clear brown with little head and no lacing. The aroma began with spices, malts and candied sugar but warmed up to highlight some peatiness and earthy tones. The taste is mossy, bitter, not quite as nuanced as the aroma but still pleasing. The palate has a slight coffee bitter finish to it.

22oz bottle from the Utah State Wine Store. Pours a deep burgundy hue with a very large and thick beige head. A nice aroma of rich fruity malts, berries, juniper, lots of toasted notes. The taste is similar; subdued but nice, rich toasted malts, lots of fruitiness, berries and some herbs. Very earthy and light hops. I enjoyed this brew. A good example of the style.

UPDATED: APR 3, 2009 Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. Keelhauling was a form of corporal punishment that was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies. It was used as a way to punish members of the crew who were guilty of serious breaches of the ship’s code of conduct. Keelhauling involved tying the hands of a crew member to a rope and hauling him under the keel of the ship. The practice of keelhauling was formally abolished in 1853.

Shared by my roommate. Pours with a small quickly dissipating head. The last pour with some agitation makes the small head sit around much longer. A dark, yet clear, ruby brown color. I would like a better head and a less filtered look. Aroma is lightly bittered, earthy leaves. There is a faint caramel sweetness but mainly just this very clean, earthy, muddy, maltiness. Taste is similar, with a moderate bitterness throughout the flavor. I guess there is more hoppiness to this Scottish ale than a standard example but not so much that I would advertise it as my description. Very earthy and a clean richness at the end. Prefect session beer despite the higher octane. easy drinking with a mice medium body. Just lightly chewy. <BR.22oz bottle, Gordon’s thistle glass.

Bomber from BevMo. Pours a dark copper amber with a multifinger beige head. Aromas of dark roasted malt, darker fruits and pine? Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is not all that sweet. More astringent. It is a bit earthy/dirty with pine notes, perhaps coffee and I think a hint of smoke. Finish is dirty/gritty. And dry.